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Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado

Community in El Paso County, Colorado

Air quality

The air at Cascade-Chipita Park

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Colorado Springs (CO), 18 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good10 mi
  • Ozone31Good32 ppb6.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cascade-Chipita Park

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.39in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cascade-Chipita Park, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Cascade-Chipita Park, ColoradoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cascade-Chipita Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Chipita Park .19 ESECO-EP-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/7,654 ft/48 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Ruxton ParkRUXC2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/9,455 ft/1,753 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank924of 2,650

Station report

The weather at Air Force Academy, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Air Force Academy, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFFFIG. A THE SKY OVER AIR FORCE ACADEMYSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONSCT 2,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAir Force Academy, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AFFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

35.0 F with a dew point of 23.4 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Air Force Academy: temperature 35.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.4, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFFFIG. B THE AIR AT AIR FORCE ACADEMYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 35.0 FDEW POINT 23.4 FSPREAD 11.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAir Force Academy, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AFFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 21 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Air Force Academy, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 21 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AFFFIG. C THE WIND AT AIR FORCE ACADEMYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAir Force Academy, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AFFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-AFF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Air Force Academy, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ruxton Park (RUXC2), 5.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 10:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Colorado

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